Engineering Assistant

MarkMcConnell, Ph.D.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mtmcconnell

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SKILLS &EXPERTISE

Laboratory Molecular Biology •Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) • Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) • Electronic testing/prototyping • Protein purification • Recombinant protein expression•Column chromatography (hydrophobic, ion exchange, affinity) • PCR • Site-directed mutagenesis • SDS-PAGE • Protein labeling• Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) Computer Python • Java •MATLAB •GraphPad Prism•Office • EndNote •Global Curve Fitting • VMD EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITYOF ARIZONA GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT - TARDIFF LABORATORY August 2011 – May 2017 Tucson, AZ

• Contributed to experimental designs, data collection and analysis for grants totaling over 1,000,000USD.

• Led and developed project utilizing fluorescencemeasurements on sarcomeric proteins to characterize cardiomyopathies.

• Created and optimizedmore than 20 experimental protocols.

• Engineered and purifiedmore than 25 distinct variants of proteins, recombinant and tissue derived.

• Mentored 6 undergraduate students who now attend graduate/medical schools.

• Presented research at 7 national meetings.

UNIVERSITYOF ARIZONA WEBMASTER - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING GIDP January 2012 – May 2017 Tucson, AZ

• Solely responsible for the website of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Interdisciplinary Program.

• Redesigned the entire website as a solo project. UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT March 2010 - June 2011 Tucson, AZ

• Prototyped components at themachine shop for optical device/ cell culture interface.

• Prototype a hematocrit sensing arm cuff using conductive silicone in conjunctionwithHemonix Inc.

• Designed a compositemammalian cell culture setup to test effectiveness of photodynamic therapy in treating bladder cancer.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITYOF ARIZONA Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Spring 2017

• Responsible for organizing setup of departmental seminars, in addition to the entire departmental website. UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTON B.S. in Bioengineering Spring 2011

• Projects of interest: text-to-speech program, bioreactor, hematocrit sensing arm cuff, mammalian cell culture. Upper-Division Courses

Instrumentation and Computation Signal Processing • Computational Bioengineering •Quantitative Modeling of Biological Systems •Molecular Engineering Medical Imaging Three Upper DivisionMedical Imaging Courses +Ultrasound •Optics Materials Science Biomedical Materials • BioMEMS •Microbiomechanics • Biological + Synthetic Materials • Biomaterial / Tissue Interactions • CompositeMaterials • Polymers + Ceramics Human Physiology Three Human Physiology Courses • Two Cardiovascular Biology Courses Standardized Test Scores

GRE Quantitative: 800 Verbal: 500 ACT 35 SAT 2220

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